Rift Amplification Wheelhouse 40w 1×12” combo, ‘Modern Nashville & Southern Rock’, Spring Reverb, Rift original design Rift Amplification

After the successful release of the Hawker, Rift became fascinated by the guitar tones coming out of Nashville by players such as Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, and Zac Brown Band’s Clay Cook.

Rift had, perhaps naively, assumed that the classic Country guitar sound was a Telecaster plugged into a Tweed amplifier. These players proved me wrong in such a big way.

Those guys are playing anything BUT a tweed amp, so a deep-dive down that rabbit
hole resulted in Rifts latest original design, the Wheelhouse. 

In similar fashion to how the Hawker captures classic British valve tones, they wanted to do the same for the sounds coming out of the studios, sessions, and live shows of Nashville. 

Plug in a Stratocaster or Telecaster for big, rich, cleans that turn into thick, complex overdriven sounds when the volume is turned up. Fancy some chickin’ pickin’?

The Wheelhouse offers a natural-yet-subtle compression that augments rather than subtracts. It’ll take PAFs too, allowing the nuanced detail of those pickups to shine through. 

Onboard two-knob spring reverb comes as standard

SPECIFICATIONS

Volume – Treble – Middle – Bass – Reverb Level – Dwell

Preamp valves: 1 x 7025, 3 x 12AX7

Poweramp valves: 2 x 6L6

Valve Rectifier: 1 x GZ34

40w Output

Spring Reverb

Custom Wound Transformers

Handwired circuitry

WGS G12C/S Speaker

Footswitch for Reverb

Approximately 54 lbs

Please note that:

All amps are built to order. Build time is usually 18-20 weeks. 

Bananas requires a non-refunable deposit of $1000 to order any product.

Prices subject to change based on US dollar to UK pound conversion on the day of shipping as well as any freight/customs and import duties.

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